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... car I had previously rented is waiting for us in the parking lot. Even better, Neal was able to arrange the rental of a local home for our last night in the Seychelles. As we say goodbye to Monkey Puzzle, we know that we still have one more day to explore the Seychelles and that we did with lunch at the ...

... The coral heads are some of the best I’ve seen on the trip, making for a fine snorkel.

Once back on the boat, we half-heartedly attempt to set a stern anchor so that we’d have our bow set into the waves which caused a substantial amount of roll our first night. Feeling we were setting it too close ...

... tips.

After lunch, we continue on, sailing to our night stop at Port Launay. We get the anchor in just to port of the cross marketing the reef on the western side of the bay and jump in for an evening snorkel. This time we snorkeled all the way to the beach, then back along the cliffs on the eastern side of the bay. The light was pretty low, but, we ...

... a small bonito caught again by Lisa. As we round the northern point of Mahe’, the wind begins to build to 30k (katabolic effect off the high mounts) coming almost due south right on our nose. We roll-up the job and reef the main as we motor sail directly into the wind to anchor in the designated area off Beau Vallon Beach.

It’ ...

... bang for the bug. With that in mind, we started provisioning discussions with miles who we latter dubbed "my friend" due to his negotiation technique. In addition to Lisa’s request for sweet mangos and other vegetables, we requested octopus and whatever fish he was able to find and gave him our ice bag for a refill. He negotiated an up-front euro “ ...

... and have a fantastic time. Neal pointed out that Sunsail had a person on Praslin to address any boat issues that occur in the northern island group and gave us great information about provisioning up north.

As usual, Marcello, asked about octopus and “ricci” (sea urchin). When Neal indicated the size of the ricci in the Seychelles, I thought Marcello was going to cast-off immediately and head to our ...

... have no problem getting off in time to moor at Il Moyenne. That settled, back to the hotel to rest-up and prepare for creole dinner at Marie Antoinette. What a great fixed creole meal, served in an old plantation house, highly recommended for those who want a rather simple yet local dining experience.

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... shouldn't observe them, then what should we observe? How do we know the Holy Days fall? Does God approve of pilgrimages? Does it do any good to pray to Mary? If we don't go to heaven when we die, then what happens? When to the resurrections occur? What happened to Jesus when He was dead and in the tomb? I could see the woman in particular had done a lot of reading and was beginning to understand things. I suggested several ...

... pool in my jeans and looked up to see the General Manager standing there. They revoked our right to stay at the resort." There was a liter of vodka, and one of rum for the four of them; this might be a day they'll never remember.... When the dive shop opened, I signed up for the morning dive. Because the winds had changed, we were going to dive on the other side of the island. There were ten of us diving including the dive master, a slender young Creole woman ...

... postcards. 1030: boarded plane; got window, non-smoking seat. No one sat in our third seat or in Mom and Dad's. 1400: arrived Seychelles. After we got our passports stamped, we went out to meet the Corraline travel person who took our voucher. Then our transfer took us to the gues house. Our rooms are decent size. There is an open eating porch which is neat and, of course, the beach. We lounged around and read, then had dinner and went to bed.